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Hi everyone, A snowstorm is certainly a good time to catch-up on email and listserve references:) Here is a reference that I thought might be of interest: -Update and information on Canada at the World Summit on the Information Summit: Geneva 2003 / Tunis 2005. Declaration of Principles - Building the Information Society: a global challenge in the new Millennium http://www.wsis-smsi.gc.ca/act/en/docs/FinalDeclaration.htm Action Plan http://www.wsis-smsi.gc.ca/act/en/docs/FinalActionPlan.htm Also, below are some recent references from Internet consultant, Russell McOrmond, on a new Canadian initiative at the University of Ottawa that might be of interest: "The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) was established at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law in the fall of 2003. It is the first legal clinic of its kind in Canada." http://www.cippic.ca/ "The development of a Canadian Creative Commons license is aimed at facilitating the development of online resources to enable creators to better understand and manage their digital rights in Canada." http://www.cippic.ca/icommons-canada And from Library Juice: -On Democratization of Information with a Focus on Libraries Summary and Proceedings of the Workshop at the World Social Forum in Mumbai, India, January 2004. http://www.nigd.org/libraries/mumbai Cheers, Leo ---------------------------------------------------------------- Leo J. Deveau, M.Ed., MLIS 9 Chestnut Avenue Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P-1V7 "The map is not the territory." -Ludwig Wittgenstein "If your job bores you, it will bore us." -Mark Bernstein My directory of links can be found at: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ljdeveau/Homepage.html